a new proven way to build & launch
Solo: Makers & Scoundrels
A book on an emerging job: the solo product manager. It shows how individuals build and sell products as solopreneurs. This changes how products are being built in companies with NoCode and GenAI.
speed to action
PMs without Teams
Solo equips individual product managers with the tools and strategies to excel in the AI and no-code era. This guide offers a step-by-step approach to building, launching, and scaling products independently without a team. It covers essential skills for leveraging new technologies, managing the product lifecycle, and transitioning from solo work to team leadership when needed.
Create products
Non-technical Builders
Whether you're an experienced product manager exploring independent work or a solo creator aiming to monetize your ideas, this book provides actionable insights to succeed in the evolving creator economy. Learn how to efficiently develop products, build your audience, and create sustainable revenue streams without technical skills to start with.
Explore New Business
Product Executives
Empower individual product managers with AI and no-code tools to reduce development time and costs. This book offers practical insights for implementing a Solo PM model, enabling your company to explore new ideas and markets with minimal resources and maximum speed.
Leverage technology
AI & NoCode
Every Solo needs their Chewbacca. Highlighting cases of individual entrepeneurs using LLM, AI enabled tools and NoCode platforms to create mobile apps, complex web applications, industry applications, and marketplaces, taking them to profit within months of launch.
The One Person Army
Solo Practices
How to do user research, product vision, development, launch, operations, marketing, and sales as a solo maker. Best practices from the best solopreneurs in the world, transferred to your organisation to create one person armies to grow your innovation pipeline.
Tools and Templates
Resources
Get the resource companion for the book including a curated list of genAI tools, nocode platforms, templates, and guides. Get a quick start into your solo PM journey.
enterprise adoption
Programs
A step-by-step guide for executives in organizations to introduce the solo PM concept into their organization. You'll access slides and documents to present the idea and get buy-in. Includes training programs, metrics, job profiles, and all you need to get operational asap.
connect to makers
Community
A curated list of solo makers online, including established build in public and maker communities. Join the book community to connect with other makers, future solo PMs, and other scoundrels. Enjoy the wretched hive of scum and villainy and get access to ChewbaccaAI to help you build.
building in public
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